5.4% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kingston · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Kingston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops than most similar areas define Kingston, with 6.07 stops per 1,000 people. While transit access is high, most residents still rely on cars to get around. Only 5.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 39.4% having two and 13% having three. About 5.4% of homes have no vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Kingston splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 8.5% of people doing so. Most residents drive to work, while 3.3% use public transport, which is higher than most similar areas.
8.5% —
Lower than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% —
Higher than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport access is strong, with 1,009 stops and 66 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the state figure, and the network consists almost entirely of buses.
1,009
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.07
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,470.8
Higher than 68% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
66
Higher than 64% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes typically 24 minutes. Access to transit is convenient, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
24
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED406/kingston/topic/transport